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Sisoes the Great

c. 369* – c. 429

* Date marked with an asterisk is a placeholder estimate (lifespan heuristic), not a sourced claim. Hover for the derivation.

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Egyptian solitary who, after the death of Antony the Great, withdrew to Antony's mountain (Mount Colzim near the Red Sea) and lived there for some seventy years. He is one of the most quoted abbas in the Apophthegmata Patrum, with around fifty sayings preserved under his name in the alphabetical collection, mostly on humility, mourning for sin, and refusal to teach. Often cited in later Byzantine and Slavonic spiritual literature.

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Sources for biography

  • Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection s.v. Sisoes primary
  • ODCC s.v. Sisoes, St secondary

tradition connections(1)

  • succeeded in see Anthony the Great
    Sisoes settled on Antony's mountain (Mount Colzim) after Antony's death; this is a hagiographic succession of place rather than an episcopal see, but is the standard tradition. Use with caution.
    Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection s.v. Sisoes 1, 28

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